WS 200: THIRD WAVE FEMINISM
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Who said "I am not a post-feminism feminist, I am a third wave." What does this quote mean?
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Rebecca Walker (she published this in her 1992 article in Ms.)
This quote meansPeople believed that second wave feminism accomplished goals of 'fixing' inequalities, like sexua
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Name some advancements of the Second Wave
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1. the creation of domestic abuse shelters and the acknowledgement of abuse and rape on a public level.
2. Access to contraception and other reproductive services including the legalization of abortion.
3. The creation and enforcement of sexual harassment policies for women in the work…
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What is the Riot Grrrl Movement?
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riot grrrls took a growling triple R and placed it in the word girl as an effort to take back the sometimes derogatory use of the word girl instead of women.
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What is the third wave's primary goal?
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3rd wave has no underlying goal that can be attributed strictly to the third wave.
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What is intergenerational feminist tension?
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older feminists (2nd Wave) saying this isn't 'important what your worried about' or this isn't 'proper feminism
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hierarchy
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a system where people are ranked above or below one another.
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mythical norm
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middle class, car for everyone who can drive, 2 1/2 kids, pets, kids go to college, dinner on the table by 6, etc.
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normalization
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to become normal
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racism
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putting someone down or not giving them equal opportunities because of their race
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sexism
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putting someone down or not giving them equal opportunities because of their gender.
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Heterosexism
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1. Social structures and practices which serve to elevate and enforce heterosexuality while subordinating or suppressing other forms of sexuality. 2. societal, cultural, institutional, and individual beliefs and practices that assume that heterosexuality is the only natural, normal, accep…
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confluence
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a coming together of people or things
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homophobia
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putting someone down or not gving them equal opportunites because they are homosexual.
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hate crimes
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crimes committed because of someones race, gender, beliefs, looks, or social standings.
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sexual terrorism
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rape as a weapon
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societal institutions
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strong norms or sanctoins accepted by society.
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ideologies
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a set of aims or ideals
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stereotypes
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a preconceived assumption of characteristics about a person
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internalization
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accepting a set of beliefs or norms established by a group or people which are influential to the individual.
the process through which societal beliefs become part of a child's mindset.
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ageism
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Discrimination of individuals based on their age, i.e. of the elderly based on the notion that they are incapable of performing certain functions such as driving, or of the young based on the notion that they are immature and therefore incapable of performing certain tasks.
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classism
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The institutional, cultural, and individual set of practices and beliefs that assign differential value to people according to their socio-economic class; and an economic system which creates excessive inequality and causes basic human needs to go unmet.
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prejudice
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Conscious or unconscious negative belief about another social group and its members without knowledge of or examination of the facts: bias.
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privilege
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1. Power and advantages benefiting a group derived from the historical oppression and exploitation of other groups. 2. unearned access to resources only readily available to some people as a result of their group membership.
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in what ways are women different from each other?
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race, religion, opportunities available, education, financial situation, etc
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What are potential consequences of normalizing the mythical norm?
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no one is completely normal.
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homogeneity
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everythings the same
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Explain what it means to rank differences, and discuss how heirarchies occur
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People are ranked by differences such as : gender, age, how able they are, education, financial restrains or lack there of, religion, etc.
Heirachies occur when a group of people seek to make themselves better, by taking away power from other people.
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give an example of the ways institutions produce messages that shape our understanding of gender, and discuss how these messages vary according to other intersecting systems of inequality and privilege.
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media - the image of the 'perfect body.' someone with wideset shoulders for example, is inequal because of something they were born with.
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Explain the ways members of target groups may come to believe in their own subordination and keep others in line.
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if a group feels they wouldn't have been given an opportunity anyway, they accept that they aren't as deserving of receiving certain opportunites.
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entitlement
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believing that you or your group of people is entitled to receiving something, perhaps because you have always received this.
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Study Guide: Waves of Feminism